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It was a sunny Saturday morning, and John, a network administrator, was attending a music festival in a large park. The festival organizers had set up a few stages, food stalls, and merchandise booths, all requiring internet connectivity. However, the park's Wi-Fi infrastructure was limited, and the organizers needed a quick and reliable solution to provide internet access to all vendors and attendees. portable dhcp server
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My go-to setup is a Raspberry Pi Zero W. It’s the size of a stick of gum, draws power from the USB port of the device I’m configuring, and runs dnsmasq perfectly. However, the park's Wi-Fi infrastructure was limited, and